CVE-2025-38685
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit This issue triggers when a userspace program does an ioctl FBIOPUT_CON2FBMAP by passing console number and frame buffer number. Ideally this maps console to frame buffer and updates the screen if console is visible. As part of mapping it has to do resize of console according to frame buffer info. if this resize fails and returns from vc_do_resize() and continues further. At this point console and new frame buffer are mapped and sets display vars. Despite failure still it continue to proceed updating the screen at later stages where vc_data is related to previous frame buffer and frame buffer info and display vars are mapped to new frame buffer and eventully leading to out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit(). This bheviour is excepted only when fg_console is equal to requested console which is a visible console and updates screen with invalid struct references in fbcon_putcs().
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 078e62bffca4b7e72e8f3550eb063ab981c36c7a | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 4c4d7ddaf1d43780b106bedc692679f965dc5a3a | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 27b118aebdd84161c8ff5ce49d9d536f2af10754 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | ed9b8e5016230868c8d813d9179523f729fec8c6 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 56701bf9eeb63219e378cb7fcbd066ea4eaeeb50 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | cfec17721265e72e50cc69c6004fe3475cd38df2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | af0db3c1f898144846d4c172531a199bb3ca375d | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6.12 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 2.6.12 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.15.190 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.149 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.103 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.43 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.15.11 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.15.* | None listed |
| 6.16.2 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.16.* | None listed |
| 6.17 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |